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Oct 9, 2026

Jim McCormickPANELIST
29:27
Thank you.
Todd GleasonHOST
29:27
Commodity Week is a production of Illinois Public Media.
Todd GleasonHOST
29:30
It is public radio for the farming world.
Todd GleasonHOST
29:32
Online on demand at willag.org. That's W-I-L-L-A-G dot O-R-G.
Todd GleasonHOST
0:44
We'll talk with Michelle Michael and Brandon Whitworth on that.
Todd GleasonHOST
0:48
this Thursday edition of the Closing Market Report from Illinois Public Media.
Todd GleasonHOST
0:53
It is public radio for the farming world online, on demand at willag.org.
speaker_1ADVERTISER
1:01
Todd Gleason's services are made available to WILL by University of Illinois Extension.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:25
I'm Brian Mackey.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:27
That's all coming up today on The 21st Show, which is a human-made production of Illinois Public Media, airing on WILL in Urbana, WUIS in Springfield, WNIJ in Rockford, DeKalb, WVIK in the Quad Cities, WSIU in Carbondale, and Tri-States Public Radio in Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk, Iowa.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:51
But first, news.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:52
[upbeat music] From Illinois Public Media, this is The 21st Show.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:08
I'm Brian Mackey.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:10
Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere.

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Brian MackeyHOST
49:50
Reginald Hardwick is our news director.
Brian MackeyHOST
49:53
Thanks to the band Public Access for our theme music.
Joshua JohnsonGUEST
0:45
[laughs]
Brian MackeyHOST
0:45
I'm Brian Mackey with Joshua Johnson for the hour today on The 21 Show, which is a production of Illinois Public Media.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:54
But first, news.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:56
[upbeat music] From Illinois Public Media, this is The 21 Show.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:10
I'm Brian Mackey.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:12
And today we're talking with a man whose name will be familiar to many consumers of radio and television news.

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Brian MackeyHOST
49:41
[upbeat music] That is it for us today.
Brian MackeyHOST
49:53
Coming up tomorrow, the work products of artificial intelligence are everywhere, from internet searches to advertising to customer service phone calls.
MeganHOST
1:23
Yeah.
MeganHOST
1:23
And then we will also be having on Sarah Edwards, who is a Mid-America Emmy-winning Illinois public media TV host.
MeganHOST
1:31
And you might know her from Prairie Fire.
MeganHOST
1:33
And they have two parts of this show that they will be talking about.
Colleen KellyHOST
2:02
But we also have two very special guests here.
Colleen KellyHOST
2:05
Bill Odenkirk, who's a show writer and executive producer and an Emmy Award winning director.
Colleen KellyHOST
2:10
writer and also Sarah Edwards, Mid-America Emmy-winning Illinois Public Media TV host.
Colleen KellyHOST
2:16
So very excited to have both you on and talk about your wonderful play that's coming up.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:27
He'll be with us in advance of that.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:29
I'm Brian Mackey with James McBride for the hour today on The 21st show, which is a production of Illinois Public Media, airing on WILL in Urbana, WUIS in Springfield, WNIJ in Rockford, DeKalb, WVIK in the Quad Cities, WSIU in Carbondale, and Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk, Iowa.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:54
But first, news.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:56
[upbeat music] From Illinois Public Media, this is The 21st show.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:09
I'm Brian Mackey, and my guest today is the writer and musician, James McBride.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:15
He first came to literary prominence in the 1990s for his memoir, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother.

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Brian MackeyHOST
49:58
It's all on our website, 21stshow.org. We've got our archive of past programs there, years of conversations on politics, science, art, history, and more.
Brian MackeyHOST
50:08
And you can find links to subscribe to our podcast or just look us up on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.
Todd GleasonHOST
22:40
He is with EverStream Analytics.
Todd GleasonHOST
22:42
Join us on this Monday edition of the Closing Market Report that comes to you from Illinois Public Media, online, on demand at willag.org.
Todd GleasonHOST
22:53
There you'll find our daily programming to listen to any time you'd like, and you'll also find information from the agricultural economist, the crop scientist, and the animal scientist right here on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois.
Todd GleasonHOST
23:07
I'm Extension's Todd Gleason.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:15
Less well-known is that the march led to the emancipation of as many as 20,000 people who'd been enslaved, and who joined the march following behind Uncle Billy's army.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:26
Their perspective is at the center of the book, Somewhere Toward Freedom, by the historian Bennett Parten, who joins us for the hour today on The 21st show, which is a production of Illinois Public Media, airing on WILL in Urbana, WUIS in Springfield, WNIJ in Rockford, DeKalb, WVIK in the Quad Cities, WSIU in Carbondale, and Tri-States Public Radio in Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk, Iowa.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:55
But first, news.
Brian MackeyHOST
0:56
[upbeat music] From Illinois Public Media, this is The 21st Show.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:10
I'm Brian Mackey.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:12
To the extent anyone thinks about the Civil War and the episode known as the March to the Sea, we think of General William Tecumseh Sherman.

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Brian MackeyHOST
50:08
He's often considered essential reading in American schools.
Brian MackeyHOST
50:11
He'll be joining us tomorrow on The 21st Show ahead of a talk he's giving in Champaign this Thursday.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:42
And, uh, last but certainly not least, my boss, John Steinbacher, Director of Development, Budget, and Resource Planning.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:48
Uh, actually, uh, that's an old title, isn't it? He is the Co-Executive Director of our home station, Illinois Public Media, WILL.
Brian MackeyHOST
1:54
John, welcome back to "The 21st Show."
John SteinbacherGUEST
1:56
Great to be with you.

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Brian MackeyHOST
18:09
We're talking with Heather Norman, uh, general manager at Tri States Public Radio, uh, which is, uh, covers Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk.
Brian MackeyHOST
18:18
She's also president of the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council.
Brian MackeyHOST
18:21
Also with us, Jeff Owens, general manager for WEIU, uh, television station and FM in Charleston, Illinois, and John Steinbecker, Steinbacher, who is, uh- Direct co-executive director, as well as in charge of development, budget, and resource planning at our producing station, Illinois Public Media.
Brian MackeyHOST
18:42
It's a good idea if I pronounce my boss's name correctly on the radio.
Garrett ToayPANELIST
33:34
So, you know, it's going to be a tight margin environment, I believe, for the next 18 to 24 months.
Todd GleasonHOST
33:41
Commodity Week, of course, is a production of Illinois Public Media.
Todd GleasonHOST
33:44
It is public radio for the farming world.
Todd GleasonHOST
33:46
You may find and listen to the program anytime you'd like in its entirety online at willag.org. That's W-I-L-L-A-G dot O-R-G.

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